Man accused of stabbing girlfriend in the neck charged

July 3, 2013

GERRARDSTOWN -A Gerrardstown man accused of stabbing his girlfriend in the throat Monday has been charged with one count of felony malicious wounding.

As of Tuesday, Eric Lee Shreve, 41, of Apple Harvest Drive, was being held at Eastern Regional Jail on $250,000 bail.

According to court records, on Monday police responded to a residence located at 7656 Apple Harvest Drive in Gerrardstown for a report that a woman had been stabbed in the throat by her boyfriend.

When police arrived at the scene, the alleged victim, identified in court records as April Renee Cook-Volpus, was in an ambulance with medics. The woman told police that Shreve had been drinking all night and they got into a verbal argument. She said she went to bed and was almost asleep when Shreve came into the bedroom and allegedly told her that if she didn't want to be with him he was going to kill her and himself, records show.

The woman alleged Shreve came at her and attempted to slice her throat, but she grabbed his hands. While grabbing his hands, the woman suffered a puncture wound after the knife was jabbed into her neck under her jawline.

Cook said she struggled to get the knife away from Shreve and said he bit her in the head.

When police entered the woman's residence, they found Shreve asleep on a bed. He was placed into investigative custody, and police observed blood stains all over the bed sheets and around different items in the house, records show.

Shreve was highly intoxicated and alleged that his girlfriend had the knife and was trying to stab herself and him. He also said he had cuts on his fingers from grabbing the knife. Police did observe two small cuts on his two ring fingers, records show.

The scene was documented and the knife was seized as evidence. Shreve was told he was being placed under arrest, at which time he said he wanted to go to the hospital to have the cuts on his fingers documented. Shreve was taken to the hospital and treated for minor cuts. He was then taken to Eastern Regional Jail to await arraignment.